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KEPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER OP AGRICULTURE. 



Table IX. — The Northwestern roads. 

 GROSS EARNINGS TROil FREIGHT. 



TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED. 



NUMBER OF TONS CARRIED ONE MILE. 



Years. 



1870 

 1875 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 



Chicago 

 and Alton. 



145, 000, 000 

 168, 923, 879 

 481,474,730 

 457, 009, 997 

 474, 823, 908 

 549, 369, 534 

 602, 768, 054 



Chicago,Bur- 



lington and 



Qiiincy. 



147, 409, 207 

 436, 363, 161 

 1,624,461,793 

 1,211,903,074 

 1,222,808,40? 

 1,552,141,453 

 1, 427, 286, 632 



Chicago, Mil- 

 waukee and 

 Saint Paul. 



181,428,573 

 272, 539, 502 

 504, 876, 1 .54 

 097, 347, 607 

 945,2.50, 1.59 

 1,170, 605, 032 

 1, 247, 737, 233 



Chicago and 

 Northwestern. 



364, 747, 240 



454, 550, 357 



865, 909, 542 



980, 512, 774 



1, 192, 188, 039 



1,183,829,3,58 



1, 350, 173, 773 



Years. 



1870 

 1875 



1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1B84 



Chicago 



and Rock 



I.sland. 



130, 683, 871 

 287,913,578 

 086, 458, 954 

 712,383,129 

 788, "(CO, 874 

 701, .595, 385 

 734, 001, 380 



Illinois Cen- 

 tral. 



Aggregate 

 of all. 



265,409,400 

 284, 650, 900 

 381,2.88,482 

 386, 035, 424 

 417, 792, 652 

 G04, 032, 007 

 577, 542, 939 



1,234,678,291 



1,904,937,377 

 4, 544, 409, 655 



4, 435, 202, 005 



5, f 4 1,330, 034 

 5, 768, 173, 429 

 5, 040, 110, Oil 



Rate per ton 

 per mile. 



$0 02. 423 

 01. 979 

 01. 266 

 01.420 

 01. 364 

 01. 308 

 01. 251 



CEREAL SUPPLY OF EUEOPE. 



Tlie production of cereals of the countries of Europe was given in ^o. 

 3 of the present series of statistical reports, but the record of the 

 l^roducts grown does not indicate accurately the actual supply. Tlio 

 imports must be added to home production, and exports subtracted rrom 

 the sum. i^for will a single year suMce, as both production and com- 

 mercial exchanges of grain fluctuate, and the real consumption is m)t 

 exactly coincident in point of time with the recorded croi) movement of 

 each year. But the figures of a period, five or ten years, taken togetlier, 

 will afford an average that will represent as closely as is possible or 

 desirable the real rate of consumption. 



It has been difficult to collect official data for a consecutive series of 



